Ginger for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Maitre, Sarah ^a   Neher, Jon ^b   Safranek, Sarah ^c  

^a HealthPoint Community Health Center   (United States)

^b Valley Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DIMENHYDRINATE; GINGER EXTRACT; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ACUPRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATION PERIOD; GINGER; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POWDER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 81355132697     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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